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If you look at some shows that have an ugly feel to them, or a nihilistic sort of feel to them, you'll usually find a group of cynical, unhappy, miserable people behind the production. If you see a show that's rather boring, or a cookie-cutter factory show, you'll usually find some pretty uninteresting, boring people behind it.
Michelle Forbes

Meaning of "cookie-cutter" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF COOKIE-CUTTER

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF COOKIE-CUTTER

noun
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adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Cookie-Cutter can act as a noun and an adjective.
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The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES COOKIE-CUTTER MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Cookie cutter

A cookie cutter in American English and biscuit cutter in Commonwealth English is a tool to cut out cookie/biscuit dough in a particular shape. They are often used for seasonal occasions when well-known decorative shapes are desired, or for large batches of cookies where simplicity and uniformity are required. Cookie cutters have also been used for, among other uses, cutting and shaping tea sandwiches.

Definition of cookie-cutter in the English dictionary

The definition of cookie-cutter in the dictionary is a shape with a sharp edge for cutting individual biscuits from a sheet of dough. Other definition of cookie-cutter is resembling many others of the same kind.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE COOKIE-CUTTER

cookable
cookbook
Cooke
cooker
cookery
cookery book
cookhouse
cookie
cookie cutter
cookies
cooking
cooking film
cooking foil
cooking oil
cooking salt
cooking time
cookless
cookmaid
cookout

WORDS THAT END LIKE COOKIE-CUTTER

better
box cutter
bread and butter
bread-and-butter
butter
clutter
cookie cutter
cutter
flutter
focal plane shutter
gutter
mutter
nutter
peanut butter
putter
rutter
shea butter
shutter
stutter
the gutter
utter

Synonyms and antonyms of cookie-cutter in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «cookie-cutter» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF COOKIE-CUTTER

Find out the translation of cookie-cutter to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of cookie-cutter from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «cookie-cutter» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

千篇一律的
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

cookie-cutter
570 millions of speakers

English

cookie-cutter
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

कुकी कटर
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

قطع كعكة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

резака печенья
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

cortador de biscoitos
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

মিষ্টি বিস্কিট কাটার যন্ত্র
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

emporte-pièce
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pemotong cookie
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Cookie-Cutter
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

クッキーカッター
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

쿠키 커터
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Cookie-cutter
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

cookie-cutter
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

குக்கீ-கட்டர்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

कुकी-कटर
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

çerez kesici
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

cookie-cutter
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

cookie-cutter
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

різака печива
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

cookie -cutter
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

μπισκότο-κοπτών
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

koekie - snyer
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

kakmått
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

cookie -cutter
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of cookie-cutter

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «COOKIE-CUTTER»

The term «cookie-cutter» is quite widely used and occupies the 41.065 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «COOKIE-CUTTER» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about cookie-cutter

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3 QUOTES WITH «COOKIE-CUTTER»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word cookie-cutter.
1
Michelle Forbes
If you look at some shows that have an ugly feel to them, or a nihilistic sort of feel to them, you'll usually find a group of cynical, unhappy, miserable people behind the production. If you see a show that's rather boring, or a cookie-cutter factory show, you'll usually find some pretty uninteresting, boring people behind it.
2
Camille Paglia
I'm worried about the future of America insofar as our academically most promising students are being funneled through the cookie-cutter Ivy League and other elite schools and emerging with this callow anti-American, anti-military cast to their thinking.
3
Bill Walsh
Nothing is more effective than sincere, accurate praise, and nothing is more lame than a cookie-cutter compliment.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «COOKIE-CUTTER»

Discover the use of cookie-cutter in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to cookie-cutter and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Cookie Cutter
A homicide detective tracks a killer who slays only black people, leaving his calling card at the scene--a single cookie, black on the outside and white on the inside. Reprint.
Sterling Anthony, 2000
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Teaching the Digital Generation: No More Cookie-Cutter High ...
The authors show how traditional industrial-type high schools have failed to meet students’ learning needs and explore ten alternative high school models that address 21st-century skills.
Frank S. Kelly, Ted McCain, Ian Jukes, 2009
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SUGARBAKERS COOKIE CUTTER COOKBOOK
Provides a collection of cookie-cutter recipes, decorating instructions, and tips on buying and using cookie cutters, also offers cookie ideas for Christmas, Thanksgiving and Easter
Diana Collingwood Butts, Carol V. Wright, 1997
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Cookie Dough or Die
Olivia Greyson is the proud owner of The Gingerbread House-a quaint shop that specializes in all things cookie-and her best friend, Maddie, is her sidekick, baking up scrumptious treats for their cookie-themed parties.
Virginia Lowell, 2011
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The Night Before Christmas Cookie Cutter Kit
Following the recent success of our Mini Gingerbread House Kit (more than 200,000 sold), this charming kit comes with mini cookie cutters shaped like Santa, a stocking, and a tree, plus a holiday book featuring “The Night Before ...
Clement C. Moore, 2004
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Cooking With Pooh: Yummy Tummy Cookie Cutter Treats : Cookie ...
This perfect combination of a book and activity in a reusable box offers simpl e, step-by-step directions for making cookies on sticks, pizzas and sandwiches, edible holiday ornaments, and more.
Marlene Brown, 1995
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Cookie Cutter Man
You can take as much of a drug as you want, but eventually the drugs will take you.
Elias Anderson, Writer's Edge Publishing, 2013
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When the Cookie Crumbles
Olivia Greyson is the proud owner of The Gingerbread House--a quaint shop that specializes in all things cookie--and her best friend, Maddie, is her sidekick, baking up scrumptious treats for their parties.
Virginia Lowell, 2012
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Gingerbread Masks: It's a Cookie-cutter Collegiate World
"Gingerbread Masks" exposes some of the truths behind the myths of common college culture.
Natalie Inger, 2007
10
Grandma's Christmas Cookies: A Cookie Cutter Storybook
Grandma uses cookie cutters in the shape of an angel, a star, a sheep, and a camel, to tell the story of Christ's birth to her grandchildren.
Joanna Watkins Bourne, 1997

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «COOKIE-CUTTER»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term cookie-cutter is used in the context of the following news items.
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'Cookie-cutter' approach won't cut it for body cam rules, police say
Fuhr testified that a cookie-cutter approach to using body cameras is not practical. He said law enforcement agencies across the state have ... «KSL.com, Jul 15»
2
Frank Ocean v Miguel: music's latest rivalry is another press-driven …
Aguilera branched out from the cookie-cutter mold, began writing most of her music and experimented in different genres. Their rivalry, while ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
3
Teens hit back against make-up shaming in #BeautyInAllChallenge
... not to 'judge a book by its cover', the social media campaign inadvertently mocks teens who don't have conventional cookie-cutter looks. «Daily Mail, Jul 15»
4
Style Chanel Fall 2015 Couture
Then, while the chosen few gambled, the cookie-cutter models circled, production-line androids in seamless clothes that had been ... «Style.com, Jul 15»
5
SCBWA hesitant to give position on Toll Bros. development
“We build a lot of crummy, cookie-cutter developments across this community that make our greater community look a little less interesting.”. «Centre Daily Times, Jul 15»
6
Apple introduces redesigned packaging for third-party accessories …
A memo send to retail store staff reveals that accessories from the likes of Incase, Logitech, and Mophie will soon feature the cookie-cutter look ... «Rapid News Network, Jul 15»
7
Letter Asks Gov. Walker To Clarify Common Core Stance
A cookie-cutter textbook, a cookie-cutter test does not get me there..." Kippers was not one of the signers of the letter to Governor Walker. «WXPR, Jul 15»
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Coming soon to every Utah neighborhood: Police body cameras
Davis County Sheriff Todd Richardson warned against a "cookie-cutter" policy that wouldn't give police and sheriff's deputies the flexibility they ... «Salt Lake Tribune, Jul 15»
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Carousel enthusiast celebrates 60 years at amusement park
Working at Seabreeze Park wasn't like the usual, cookie-cutter grind of theme park work, Caulfield said. "Seabreeze Park is a family-owned ... «13WMAZ, Jul 15»
10
Market nears public cloud adoption tipping point
Because anything else would be unmanageable, cloud instances tend to be very cookie-cutter. While most of your own instances will easily map over, there will ... «TechTarget, Jul 15»

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